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Sister of teen killed in Washington Park talks to WISN 12 News

The sister of the 17-year-old shot and killed in a park says her brother was trying to turn his life around.

Updated: 8:33 PM CDT May 7, 2013

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Sister of teen killed in Washington Park talks to WISN 12 News

The sister of the 17-year-old shot and killed in a park says her brother was trying to turn his life around.

Updated: 8:33 PM CDT May 7, 2013

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Sister of teen killed in Washington Park talks to WISN 12 News

The sister of the 17-year-old shot and killed in a park says her brother was trying to turn his life around.

Updated: 8:33 PM CDT May 7, 2013

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WEBVTT HEARING FROM THE FAMILY OF A TEENAGER KILLED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AT A MILWAUKEE PLAYGROUND. 17-YEAR-OLD DONALD GARDNER DIED ON THE SCENE YESTERDAY -- IN WASHINGTON PARK. NEW AT SIX -- WISN 12 NEWS' ABE LUBETKIN IS THERE -- AND ABE, HIS SISTER SAYS HE WAS TRYING TO TURN HIS LIFE AROUND. THIS IS WHERE DANIEL GARDNER WAS WALKING YESTERDAY WHEN HE WAS SHOT AND KILLED. FAMILY MEMBERS SAY HE'D JUST DECIDED TO GET HIS LIFE ON-TRACK. PRECIOUS TAYLOR -- FOR HIM TO HAVE HIS LIFE TAKEN LIKE THAT -- IT'S AN UNBEARABLE FEELING. AN UNBEARABLE FEELING FOR 25-YEAR- OLD PRECIOUS TAYLOR -- THE SISTER OF 17- YEAR-OLD DANIEL GARDNER. HE WAS KILLED AT 2:30 MONDAY AFTERNOON WHILE WALKING WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HER YOUNG RELATIVE IN THE PLAYGROUND AT WASHINGTON PARK. IN ADDITION TO TAYLOR, GARDNER LEAVES BEHIND A 10-YEAR-OLD SISTER, OTHER SIBLINGS, STEP- SIBLINGS, AND A MOTHER WHO'S BATTLING LUNG CANCER. PRECIOUS TAYLOR -- SHE CRIED HERSELF TO SLEEP LAST NIGHT AND WOKE UP CRYING. I CRIED MYSELF TO SLEEP AND WOKE UP CRYING. MY LITTLE SISTER -- SHE DID THE SAME THING. EVERYBODY'S JUST FEELING SO SO TERRIBLE. GARDNER'S SISTER SAID SHE DID NOT KNOW WHY SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO KILL HER BROTHER... WHO, SHE SAID, WAS TRYING TO TURN HIS LIFE AROUND. PRECIOUS -- HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ENROLLING BACK IN SCHOOL BECAUSE HE HAD STOPPED GOING FOR A WHILE. HE WANTED TO GET INTO CHURCH. AS POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE GARDNER'S DEATH, HIS SISTER IS THINKING OF THE LIFE EXPERIENCES SHE WON'T SHARE WITH HIM. PRECIOUS -- I CAN'T CELEBRATE HIS 18TH BIRTHDAY WITH HIM...A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION WITH HIM..HAVING HIS FIRST CHILD. I CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE HE'S NO LONGER HERE. POLICE AREN'T SAYING MUCH ABOUT THEIR SEARCH FOR A SUSPECT. I JUST TOUCHED BASE WITH MILWAUKEE POLICE...WHO TOLD ME RIGHT NOW THEY DO NOT HAVE A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY. LIVE AT WASHINGTON PARK, ABE LUBETKIN, WISN 12 NEWS. DISTURBING NEW